Drinking-receptacle.



UNITED STATES Patented December 15, 1903.

PATENT EEIcE.

DRINKING-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 747,123, dated December903- Application filed February 20,1903. Serial No. 144,185. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that We, ROBERT E. BOURKE and HENRY WITTEKIND,citizens ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State ofIllinois, have invented a certain'new and useful'Improvement inDrinking-Receptacles; and we declare the following to he a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

Ourinvention relates generallyto drinkingreceptacles, and moreparticularly to a trick device from which the liquid can only be drawnby one familiar with the construction of the receptacle.

The primary object of our invention is to provide a drinking-receptacleof apparently ordinary construction which when placed to the lips of theuninitiated permits the liquid to flow through openings below the rimthereof and will only deliver the contents therefrom to the mouth ofauser familiar With its construction.

A further object of our invention is to provide a drinking-receptaclesimple in construction, inexpensive in manufacture, and capable ofafiording amusement in use.

Our invention, generally described, consists in a drinking-receptaclehaving one or' more perforations through the wall thereof at pointsbelow its rim and provided with a passage leading from the interiorthereof near the bottom and communicating with the exterior of thereceptacle at a point in its rim and having a port connecting saidpassage with the atmosphere at some point intermediate of the bottom andrim of the receptacle.

Our invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which the same is illustrated as embodiedin a convenient and practical form, and in which- Figurel is anelevational view; Fig. 2 sectional View on line 2 2, Fig. 1; and Fig.asectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters are used to indicate similar parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

A designates a drinking-receptacle of any ends of the passage.

desired size and shape-such, forinstance, as a beer-stein.

Bdesignates the handle for facilitating the use of the stein, whichextends from a point near the bottom thereof to the rim 0, to which theimpression that the perforations d are merely superficialornamentations.

A passage 19 leads from a point 6 near the bottom of the receptacle.tothe rim thereof. This groove may conveniently be formed in the handleB, as indicated in the drawings. The passage 2) is continued in the rim0 of the receptacle to a point b Where it terminates at the exteriorsurface of the rim. The portion of the passage 19 in the rim 0preferably extends toward the righta comparatively short distance fromthe juncture of the top of the handle with the rim of the receptacle. Aport 11 leads from the passage b to the atmosphere at some pointintermediate of the The atmospheric port 19 may be conveniently locatedon the under side of the upper end of the handle adjacent to the rim ofthe receptacle.

The use and operation of our invention are as follows: When thereceptacle is raised to the mouth of the user and his lips placed uponthe rim 0, an inclination of the receptacle such as would in anordinarily-constructeddevice cause the liquid contained therein to flowinto the mouth of the user results in the liquid passing through holes61 in the receptacle below the rim, thereby preventing the liquid fromfiow ing to the mouth of the user. The liquid flowing through theperforations d will fall upon the clothing of the uninitiated user, muchto his discomfiture and the amusement of those familiar with theconstruction of the trick receptacle. Any one possessing a knowledge ofthe construction of the receptacle may readily drink therefrom bylifting the same in the left hand and placing the lips over the openingb in which the passageb terminates, and at the same time placing afinger or thumb over the atmospheric port 12 The liquid may then bedrawn from the bottom of the receptacle through the passageb into themouth of the user without necessitating any inclination of thereceptacle such as would permit the liquid to flow through theperforations d.

The arrangement of the perforations d and the location of theatmospheric port b and the termination b of the passage may be such thatthe fact that the receptacle is anything more than of ordinaryconstruction can only be discerned by a careful inspection thereof. Onefamiliar with the construction of the receptacle can, therefore, readilydrink therefrom without disclosing the fact thatit is of specialconstruction, and even after an uninitiated person has attempted todrink therefrom he may be considerably mystified by the facility withwhich one familiar with the receptacle may imbibe of the liquidcontained therein.

It is obvious that the passage leading from the bottom of the receptacleto the rim thereof may be utilized in the same manner that a straw isused in an ordinarily-constructed 1 receptacle, and consequently ourinvention is useful in addition to its utility as a trick device. Forsuch legitimate use the port to the atmosphere I) may be omitted.

From the foregoing description it will. be

observed that we have invented a drinkingone possessing a knowledge ofits secret construction.

While we have described more or less precisely the details ofconstruction, we do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselvesthereto, as we contemplate changes in form, the proportion of parts, andthe substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or renderexpedient without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a drinking-receptacle, of a circularoutwardly-projecting rim surrounding the top thereof, an outwardlyprojecting rib formed on and surrounding the exterior surface of thereceptacle and located a comparatively short distance below saidrim,'said receptacle having an ornamental annular groove located betweensaid rim and said rib, and having located within said groove a series ofperforations extending through the wall of the receptacle, a handle forlifting the receptacle provided with a passage leading from the interiorof the receptacle near the bottom thereof through the handle andterminating at an exterior point in the rim of the receptacle adjacentto the top of the handle, said passage having a port leading downwardlyfrom a point on the under side of the handle near the top thereof andcommunicating with the atmosphere.

In testimony whereof we sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

' ROBERT E. BOURKE.

' HENRY WITTEKIND.

Witnesses:

Gno. L. WILKINSON, CLARA O. CUNNINGHAM.

